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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-11

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but not the quiet tilk ~ ti6c4 6n3y M
the livss Of those w1Io ~ Il 6larted. ~.
member. when slad, he1slne ~ hthH ~ -
mother that hssuppoes1 th0s wonc I man
In the county that did MOI, IN his WY hsaft
believe that Abel Moucuxo rohbed and mux-
dered William Jsssup
''There, that's the stofy boeus 10 % through
the half;century pa I may = well msn-
tion one Other thing which = at least
strange II mot significant. Ncncure, Il -
.aid, nus not, since the night his wife fell III,
slept in an unllghted room. II b also said
thst he never q night remains single
moment alone IN his room. His youngest
son, now above fiity, never married, they
say, that he might be the constant, niehtly
companion Of his father. Curtain Il q that
by his will he gives this son many thousands
more than TO any other child.
I'm receiving this story remember that II
relates to and affects owr client, for he ex-
pects Us to take charge Of hin legal business; |;
and you will find him an Intelligent and
admirable patron"
30 great was the hold this story had taken
of my Imagination that in my dreams that
uiBut ouW iuhi yOuhi8 WAA0 IoUutuB O0 Vu0
arm of an old man Of colossal stature,
with a strangely scared and hunted look
In his averted eyes.
A man with half million in landed prop
erty and mercantile ventures, however dis
inclined to ltigate, has constant need of his
lawyers services. Soft came To pass that my
relations with our venerable client became at
once very close and confidential. After that
first meeting he evinced for me q partiality
which rapidly grew into something like faith
crly affection. He would insist on having my
opinion on every matter, however simple
or unimportant. This fattering partiality
awoke in mea corresponding feeling of 70
spect for the veteran" (as he was called by
reason Of his having been a soldier). And
for the remainder of his life was thrown
much into his society.
soon found that it was true that the light
in his room was never allowed to go out in
the nighttime, and that his son, Abel, Jr.,
slept in the same apartment with his father.
And now suddenly certain capitalists de-
termined to construct railroad from the
capital of the State to the Ohio river, run
ming by way of Mound City and the county
seat. Work was progressing between the
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-11

NuRsINc MorHERs, who suffer
rom poverty Of milk, win find II :
specific for their troubles Il stim-
ulates the digestion, sharpens the
appetite, invigorates and builds up
the entire system. and excites z gem
erous flow Of milk.
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Dr.. Charcot. the famous hypnoazss. has
.scently had chance Of sxamining imme-
ent. Of Frencb murderers who 81 execufed.
Thanks 70 the assistance Of tie police, his
,xaminatf0Q commenced two seconds after
he knile Of the Guill0tine had fallen, and
be bead even then. bad csessd 70 givs any
dgns OF lIfe, though muscular mcysmenfs
,oatinpsd s!; .s e t6s psehborhccd e tAs iay.
8 s:s ss:a ~ 2 ss :sa & NC s.
iusion finally arrived 8 was that tie death
Z the euillotined man bed pot ben caused
y asphyxia. The yiolent irritation o. ths
ierves Of the neck. II res decided, had -
'cted on The heest anA Death followed the
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and supposed murder. But in those days IL
required many weeks, sometimes months,
for letters to reach the Eastern States. It
was August of the next year before any re-
sponse was received. Then it came in the
persons Of Jessup's wife and her brother.
II forgot to mention that Jessup was q
young man, not yet twenty-five. This wife
was, tradition tells us, q woman of singular
beauty. remember hearing in my boy
hood, and when the men and women Of that
era still lived, many encomiums on this
young woman's surpassing loveliness She
was withal cultivated person, fitted by her
beauty and refinement to adorn any station.
So said my father, himself scholar and ca
pable to judge. The widow and her brother
became, of course, the guests Of Moncure's
inn.
poor woman She came to make search
for her husbands remains. In this she was
eagerly and industriously seconded by Mon
cure.
He planned . systematic search for the
dead man, and prosecuted it with such vigor
and persistency as Q man of his fine sense
and boundless physical energy could bring
to the task. But all in vain!
Ous Wulo ciSaBcu III LILLE outeIprlbe ne
had prosecuted another with far greater
effectiveness. He had won the love Of this
charming woman. Within six months Of
her arrival she had become his wife; search
ing for her dead husband she found living
one.
Leaving his children and his inn in the
care Of maiden sister, who had, in the
meantime, joined him from Virginia, he
made his way, with his new wife, to the Ohio
river, and thence to New Orleans, ON we'd
ding trip.
"After three month"; absence they ~
turned - loving and happy pair q could
be imagined.
''In the meantime. Tor II was now 1922, .
small and thriving village had sprung up
about the tavern.
ut was in the middle Of the night about
Q week after their return that a neighbor
heard the screams, appalling and unearthly,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-11
DrNnER.
Tomato Soup.
Lobster PateA
Beef Roast Q I Orleans.
New Potatoes. Young Onions.
Banane Ice Cream.

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Cake.
Coffee.
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or chicken - best; one tablespoonnn
minced parsley and the same quantity Of
% minced on onion a one e sa9.espoonin! cI rg sugaI;
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In Rarlin Iecsntly thWe vas birthday
ssssX in hoeo, q ~ sldsst son g rsines
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bold enough 70 put the charge aeainst him
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WILL MURDER OUT7
BY CYRUS ,. n'Nurr.

a 0eEangs Story which Disproves the OLE
and Time-worn PrOverb.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17
Cleveland at st. Louis.

General Noble and Colonel Dyer
have received long letter from Gen
eral Sherman in which he discusses at
at some length the recent muddle re-
garding the invitation to President
Cleveland to visi. st. Louis during the
Grand Army encampment. and in the
course of his letter he says: Mr.
Cleveland is president of the United
States by fair election of all our peo-
pie, and as commander-in. in.chief of the
army and navy of the United States is
free to come and 60 wherever the jur-
isdiction of this our national govern
ment, extends. He may visit any fort
or ship where the national flag will be
lowered to manifest respect to him and
his office, and should a foreign ship
fail to do him full honors none will be
so quick to resent an insult as the men,
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, who periled life and limb to make
that flag respected at home and abroad.
The idea of his being iusulted, much
less endangered, should he be on the
stand alongside of our oommander-in-
chief, General Fairchild, when the
Grand Army is passing in review,
seems to me monstrous, and 1 will
pledge my life that no Iowa soldier will
do 80 unmanly an act, and should Mr..
Cleveland accept the invitation, which
l hope he will, to attend the parade of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
st. Louis, l will stand by his side or l
will march past in the ranks of Ransom
post, as may be ordered by General
Fairchild."
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An Act,
SALE DEALERS IN INTOXICATING
LIQUORS.

SECTION 1. BE IL enacted By the Sen
ate and House of Representatives Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
IN General assembly met, and IL is
hereby enacted By the authority Of The
same, That all Wholesale dealers, brew
ers, distillers, rectifiers, compounders,
storekeepers and agents having stores
or offices within this Commonwealth
dealing in intoxicating liquors, either
spirituous, vinous or malt, shall pay for
each separate store, brewery, distilery,
rectifying or compounding establish.
ment or agency, an annual license, in
cities Of the first, second and third class
es, the sum of five hundred dollars in
all other cities, the sum of three hun
dred dollars in boroughs, the sum of
two hundred dollars, and in townships,
the sum of one hundred dollars, which
sum shall be paid into the State Treas
ury for the use of the Commonwealth
SECTION 2. Licenses shall be granted
only by the court of quarter sessions of
the proper county, in such manner as
is provided by existing laws, and shall
be for one year from q date fixed by
rule or standing order of said court {;
the said court shall fix by rule or stand
ing order time at which application
for said licenses shall be heard, al
which time all persons applying or
making objections to applications for
licenses may be heard by evidence,
petition, remonstrarce or counsel
Provided, That for the present year
licenses may be granted under previous
laws at any session fixed by said court,
not later than June thirty: Provided
further, That it shall not be lawful for
any rectifier, compounder, Wholesale
dealer, storekeeper, agent or bother to
sell in less quantities than one quart,
aud distillers, brewers and manufactur-
ers shall not sell in less quantities than
one gallon.
SECTION 8. That all bottlers within
this Commonwealth shall be required
to procure license from the court of
quarter sessions of the respective coun-
ties in which they are located, in the
manner provided for in the second sec
tion of this act, for which they shall
pay the sum of two hundred dollars in
cities of the first, second and third
classes, one hundred dollars in all other
cities, boroughs and townships Pro
oided, That no bother shall be per-
mitted to sell spirituous, vinous, malt
or brewed liquors to be drank upon the
premises where sold, nor at any place
provided by such seller for that pur-
pose.
AppRovEp-The oath day of May,
A. d. 1887.
JAMES A. BEAVER.
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dividual firm, association or corporation
employing wage workers, skilled or or
dinary laborers, engaged at manual or
clerical work, in the business of min
ing or manufacturing, or any other
employe, shall make payment twice in
each month in lawful money of the
United States TO the said employees,
laborers and wage workers or to the
authorized representatives, the first pay
ment to be made between the first and
fifteenth and the second payment be-
tween the fifteenth and thirtieth of
each month, the full net amount of
wages or earning due said employees,
laborers and wage workers upon the
first and fifteeth instant of each and
every month wherein such payments
are made. And in case an individual,
firm, corporation, association or ether
employer shall neglect or r, fuse 10 make
payment upon the dates herein set
forth to wage workers, laborers or
other employees by or with the authori-
ty of such individual, firm, corporation,
association or other employer, then
such amount of wages or earning shall
be and become legal claim against
such individual, firm, corporation, as
sociation or other employer, and shall
be recoverable by law, with interest
from the date such amount is due.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17

Barclay Peak has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree on the
charge of numbering Mary Anderson
at Mount Holly, N. J. The judges
charge was finished at 1880 Monday
morning and at 1856 the jury retired.
1t was o'clock when the ringing of
the court house bell announced that
the jury had agreed upon verdict.
In few minutes the court room was
packed. Shortly after Constable Burr
brought the boy prisoner down the
aisle. Peak looked pale and anxious,
but he walked down the aisle with
firm step and took seat in the dock.
When the jurors slowly fled in, Peak
peered into their faces as if to read his
fate-and then he turned away and
shook his father, who sat near, by the
hand. The boys mother and sisters
stayed away. They knew what the
sound of the old court house bell meant,
and they dared not enter the room and
face Barclay Peaks accuser. The
dead girls parents and her pretty sis
ter, Eva Anderson, we're also absent.
Some delay was caused by the absence
of Mr.. Robbins, who had gone to
Moorestown, and of Mr.. Gaskill, who
was at dinner. About half past two
o'clock Mr. Gaskill came in, and Fore
man Endicott, in response to the court
clerks inquiry, said in a clear voice
that rang through the court room, and
fell upon Barclay Peaks ears like
knell, "Guilty of murder in the first de-
gree There was shuffl,ng of feet
and a buzz of voices, and every eye
way turned on Barclay Peak. He
never WINGED under the ordeal Not
muscle of his face moved. His pallor
deepened perhaps, but his eye was
steady and his lip did not quiver. His
head rested, as before, on his hand and
he did not change his position. He sat
there still and motionless, and for all
the emotion he betrayed, he might
have had less interest in the scene than
any one in the court room. The silence
was broken by Mr.. Gaskil, who asked
that the jury be polled. This was done,
every man answering in firm tones
"Guilty Of murder in the first degree"
Then Mr. Gaskill said that he would
have some motions TO make, but that
he desired to consult with his colleague
Mr.. Robbins. Judge Parker said he
would adjourn the court until the 25th
inst, when the counsel for Barclay Peak
could appear. The people slowly surg
ed out, and Barclay Peak was led back
to his cell. After the adjournment of
court, Joseph w. Endicott, the foreman
of the jury, said: "We stood for con-
viction from the first. We took only
one ballot. First we voted az to
whether the girl committed suicide,
then as to whether it was murder in
the first degree. Only one vote was
needed to decide each of these three
points. There was no hesitation no
argument was needed but we all felt
that we could not bring in any other
verdict. | think our prompt action re
fleets credit upon us for our fidelity
and our desire to do our duty. l wish
we could have brought in another ver-
dict, but it was impossible
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17
They Killed a Crazy Man.
TWO ASYLUM KEEPERS ACCUSED AND
ARRESTED.

The arrest Of Keepers McHugh and
Cleary, of the Insane Asylum on
Wards Island, was Sunday night re-
ported at Police Headquarters in New
York by Capt Hooker, of the East One
Hundred and Twenty sixth street sta.
ton, where the men are locked up.
The arrests are the outcome of the
autopsy made Saturday by Deputy
Coroner w. T. jenkins, on the body
of George Parrish, a violent lunatic,
who died, it was said, in consequence
of brutal treatment by the keepers in
April last. Parrish was removed to
the asylum from Bellevue Hospital.
He died April IL and was buried in
Evergreen Cemetery, but information
coming to the Coroners through for
mer attendant in the hospital, one
Mitchell, indicated that he was the
victim of maltreatment. Mitchell said
that on the night of April 8 he saw
McHugh and Cleary belaboring the
lunatic. The poor fellow was crying
for mercy, when McHugh, who was on
top of the pIostrate man, dashed the
latter's head several times violently on
the boards.
The autopsy, which was made at the
cemetery in the presence of DIR. Scholer
showed that four ribs were broken on
the right side and four on the left
The head was much bruised. On the
strength of these developments Coroner
Levy on Sunday handed two warrants
to Capt Sanders for the arres. of the
keepers. The Captain sent Detective
Patrick Gargan with the warrants, and
Sunday night the latter returned from
the island with the prisoners.
McHugh is repulsive and vicious
looking individual, and this is not the
first charge of a similar character
against him. Last winter he was ac-
cused of having abused man named
Mendelssohu, who was suffering from
incipient insanity but who was harm
less and docile. After Mendelssohn's
removal to Wards Island, his wife
visited him each day, but at the expi-
ration of week she was told by one
of the attendants that her husband
wasn't feeling very well and that she
could not see him. She persisted, how
ever, declaring that, being his wife,
she would be near him. After some
futile argument the officers of the in
stitution finally consented, having
meanwhile fixed up her husband 80 as
to present little less shocking appear
anee.
On entering the room where visitors
meet inmates Mendelssohu tot,ered to-
wards his wife and, falling on her
shoulders, sobbed;
"Oh, Lizzie, for Gods sake take me
home or away from here, or they will
kill me-
The poor mans face, it is said, pre-
sented shocking appearance, with
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
from our Regular Correspondent.l

krIOin Jul hoS uldI SoiIcSpOuutHI.J
WASHINGTON. DC, June 18th, 1887.
i may mention as an echo of the
National Drill, that half of the small
boys of Washington are so thoroughly
infused with the military ardor of the
times, that daily they can be seen in
bands, marching on the streets, wear
ing paper caps, with sticks for guns,
while the uniform of these soldiers in
embryo lis really picturesque, and they
present arms and drill to the tap OF
the drum with pretty fair precision.
The only colored man IN the Signal
Service has been dismissed for ineifi-
cheney and irregularity of moral conduct
after he has had better chance of re.
form than would be given a white man
under similar circumstances.
Recently great number of printers
have been discharged by Public Prin-
ter Benedict, and there will be quite a
number of clerks dismissed from the
Patent Office and the Treasury on
July 1.-The reduction in force being
made necessary by decreased appro-
priation bill.
The almost forgotten fact that VIM.
A. Wheeler acted as Vice President of
the United States one term, was re-
called by his death, and half-masting
the flags on public buildings in this
city on the day of his funeral. Mr..
Wheeler, after retiring from office,
like Hayes, his principal in the theft OF
the Presidency in 1876, dropped from
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17

The Pennsylvania railroad has made
traffic agreement with the d. 81 II.
Canal company, by which it be enabl-
ed TO use the lines of the latter, in
reaching points in Central and Eastern
New York. 1t is further reported that
the Pennsylvania has completed its
plans for the erection of elevated
tracks through Jersey City, and the in
tention is to transfer passengers on
double-decked ferry boats, connected
at the New York city station, with the
branch lines of the Manhattan Ele-
waited road, which is to be built to the
ferries. The rumor that the Pennsyl.
yania is to build tunnel under the
Hudson is without foundation, and
probably had its origin in the fact that
work has lately been resumed on the
original Hudson River Tunnel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17
Bishop Stevens Dead.

Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens,
bishop of the diocease of Pennsylvania
Protestant Episcopal church, died at
his residence in Philadelphia at 9:lO
o'clock Saturday morning, after pro-
tracted illness.
Bishop Stevens is the fourth Episco
pal bishop Of Pennsylvania and was
born in Bath, Me-, on the 18th day of
July, 1915. He was educated in
Phillips academy, Andover, Mass, and
then spent over two years in foreign
travel. He graduated as an M. d. in
Dartmouth college and practiced his
profession in Savannah, Ga, nearly
FIVE years. Shortly afterwards he be-
gan studying theology under the bishop
of Georgia. He was ordained into the
Episcopal ministry by Bishop Elliott,
Jan. 7, 1874. He rose rapidly in
ecclesiastical preferment and in lS4S
became rector of st. Andrews church,
Philadelphia. He remained there un-
til January 2, 1862, when he was con-
secrated assistant bishop of Pennsyl-
vania, and upon the death of Bishop
Potter in 1865, he became the bishop
of Pennsylvania, In that same year
the diocese was divided and the see of
Pittsburg was created. In 1871 the
diocese of Central Pennsylvania was
created, under which Lancaster is stu
ated and over which Bishop M. A. De
Wolfe Howe presides. In 1868 Bishop
Stevens was appointed TO take charge
of the American Episcopal churches on
the continent of Europe, which post he
held for six years.
Bishop Stevens was voluminous
writer and was one of the most scholar
ly men of his church. Bishop Whitaker
formerly bishop of Montana, and elect
ed last year as coadjutor to Bishop
Stevens, now becomes bishop of Penn
sylyania.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17

bruises and cuts, while he was hardly
able to stand. Mrs. Mendelssohn then
made some arrangement for the remov-
al of her husband, and one morning
soon after started to fetch him down.
She was recognized on the island boat
by some one from the hospital, who
asked her if she was going up to zee
her husband, and upon answering in
the affirmative the stranger said:
"Well, you needn't go up. He is
dead, and his body will be down on the
next boat"
The body did come down as stated,
and through the desire of the friends
of the family an investigation into the
cause of his death was made. An au-
topsy showed that two of the mans
ribs had been broken, while his body
generally was bruised, indicating the
most brutal treatment. McHugh was
said to have been the guilty person in
that case, and though two ex.keepers
volunteered to testify in the matter
nothing further was ever done.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-17

Whoever is nominated by the De-
mocratic state convention as candi-
date for Supreme Judge, should be
just such a man as would be named for
the position if the chances of success
were beyond any doubt. The mere
fact that there is an overwhelming ma
iority against us should not lead the
party into the error of naming any
third rate lawyer who is unknown out
side of his own county. 1t is all the
more necessary to nominate strong
man, and endeavor to cut down the
majority. With such material as
Judge Cummin, Judge Pershing, Judge
Albright, Mortimer f. Elliott, Robert
E Monaghan and other distinguished
jurists and lawyers to select from, there
is no reason why the Office should go
begging.